The Dancing Plague

It’s a plague! With dancing! A dancing plague! Like, literally. There once was a town where a plague wiped out a bunch of the residents... by making them dance until they died. (Count how many dancing references Jacob manages to squeeze into this one - it’s truly something to behold.) Story starts at approx 17:47Some good, solid articles to get you started if you want to know more: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20161028-the-town-the-nearly-danced-itself-to-death https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/jul/05/bizarre-dance-epidemic-of-summer-1518-strasbourg https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-dancing-plague-of-1518 Puppet History episode that made Jacob briefly obsessed with the story: https://youtu.be/2MZZrDA-I4MThe book Jacob did not read is by a chap called John Waller - if you want to read it buy it here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1848310536/ref=nosim?tag=thepubdomrev-20 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Famous scandals, true crime, celeb dramas, conspiracy theories, politics, amazing people throughout history... if it's an incredible story, hilarious hosts comedian Rosie Waterland and Jacob Stanley will tell you about it without bogging you down with any of the boring bits. You'll get just the gist of what you need to know - only get the juiciest, most entertaining details (you know, the ones that make you look very smart and interesting when you repeat them at a dinner party).